Aberdeen sack Derek McInnes

[shut up meg]

I'm considering not renewing next season, shelling out £500 to watch absolute horse shit, I'm sure I could put my time and cash to better use.

[DelMonte]

I don't blame them necessarily. They aren't those kind of centre backs. Poor recruitment. Still flame fatboy Derek.

I've seen our centre halves play some decent stuff out from the back the odd time. Mckenna makes some runs out from centre half which should be encouraged. However, it's obvious it's completely the opposite.

[muttonhumper]

 Still flame fatboy Derek.

 

He definitely needs to be grilled on his tactics.

[Sheepo]

A defenders job is to give the ball to the midfielders who should then distribute the ball either wide or up to strikers, problem is our Centre halves hoof it long too much and are making themselves look poor, if Mcinnes wasn't instructing them to do this they would stop or be dropped, the hoof ball tactic is clearly coming from Mcinnes

[RUL]

Or they could always bring it out. Miller was great at that. Aitken for the filth.

 

As someone said McKenna has done it a few times as well.

 

A lot goes back to Logan total collapse in ability. He never wants the ball anymore.

[DD1903]

The rumours are starting to get created, and some kernals of truth may be in some ofthem.

One such rumour i was made aware of today was of Bruce Anderson making clear his dissatisfaction about the manager via xbox live of all things.

Playing PES or FIFA I'd imagine and was gobbing off about how McInnes has lost half the dressing room and the team pissed off about his reluctance to change the team and formation.

Could all be BS, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if there were now factions in what used to be a pretty tight knit dressing room.

I've heard players have challenged tactics due to the ineffectiveness of them. But he's not for changing them.

 

Baffling

[NikNak]

I think every true fan has challenged his tactics this year.

Been torture watching. The funny thing this season, I watched the home game v chikhura and genuinely believed we had a great team this year and would be challenging at the top. We played amazing football that night so god knows what Derek has done. Sad times

[aberdeen1970]

He's his own worst enemy sometimes.

 

As soon as he got Ojo and Bryson you could tell he wanted to go with the 3 central midfielders even if it meant an attacker short.

 

 

And when he did play an attacker he played Wright when he had loads of better options to play centrally in the 3 behind Cosgrove. Wilson or McGinn would have been better there especially now McGinn has lost a bit of pace.

 

Signing Main and Taylor when there was really no point. What did he think Main in particular was going to give us?

 

Defence off form and leaking goals so he plays the midfield deeper inviting teams to attack us. Making us easy to mark further forward resulting in long out balls to Cosgrove.

 

Hanging on to one goal leads against teams we should be stretching leading to inevitable goals conceded.

 

He's too stubborn for his own good.

[NikNak]

As Jack and Victor would say, “that’s plenty Derek”

[Torry Tosser]

We could kidnap him and put him in a cellar somewhere, till they get someone else.

[King Street Loon]

I think every true fan has challenged his tactics this year.

Been torture watching. The funny thing this season, I watched the home game v chikhura and genuinely believed we had a great team this year and would be challenging at the top. We played amazing football that night so god knows what Derek has done. Sad times

Chikhura were pish. They were no better than a championship team.

[shut up meg]

Chikhura were pish. They were no better than a championship team.

 

I think you are being generous there KSL, I said at the time that Cove would give them a game and was shouted down at the time.

[RUL]

I think you are being generous there KSL, I said at the time that Cove would give them a game and was shouted down at the time.

They are 8th out of 10 teams this season.

[strachanmcgheegoal]

He's his own worst enemy sometimes.

 

As soon as he got Ojo and Bryson you could tell he wanted to go with the 3 central midfielders even if it meant an attacker short.

 

 

And when he did play an attacker he played Wright when he had loads of better options to play centrally in the 3 behind Cosgrove. Wilson or McGinn would have been better there especially now McGinn has lost a bit of pace.

 

Signing Main and Taylor when there was really no point. What did he think Main in particular was going to give us?

 

Defence off form and leaking goals so he plays the midfield deeper inviting teams to attack us. Making us easy to mark further forward resulting in long out balls to Cosgrove.

 

Hanging on to one goal leads against teams we should be stretching leading to inevitable goals conceded.

 

He's too stubborn for his own good.

Agreed. To help, Taylor was bought as emergency cover in case we lost McKenna late on. Main I can only assume was bought as one of those harrier types who press very high and force a mistake AND then have the ability to do something with it. So essentially replacing May. Sadly it hasn’t worked but I won’t fault him for trying that. Plenty other faults though just as you’ve described.

[Zeus]

Charlie a Miller getting his tuppence worth in the day.

 

Fucks that's fat hun cunt got to do with anything

 

"Lost a lot of good players remember"

 

And replaced them with shite like Gallagher and Main

[1983]

His biggest fault is not recognising he’s in the entertainment business.

 

The majority of fans want to come along on a Saturday, after a mundane week at work, and have something to get excited about. Instead, it feels more like it’s the fans’ work too. “Went about our business”, “get on with our work”, “pleased with our work this season”.

 

All the great managers recognised that they needed to give the fans entertainment - Derek doesn’t, and that’s what will kill him.

 

I listened to Ole Gunner Solsjkar last night after their 1-1 and he bemoaned losing too many goals when they went 1 nil up. This will be his downfall at MUtd - their fans don’t want to be winning 1-0, they want to be entertained, not hanging on for a 1-0.

[NEM]

Your mate sounds like every middle aged man who thinks football should be 4-4-2. Very few teams play that formation nowadays. 

 

 

Funny then that 4-4-2 coincided with our best period last season then eh?

 

Clueless gimp

[Torry Tosser]

Hasn't he gone yet....What the fuck is going on.

[Henry]

Something has gone wrong. We are now relegation material.

 

I think it's time we acknowledged there's a problem and took a dealing to it.

 

Sack him and appoint Jim McIntyre.

 

Coming up for four years since @@tup #calledit

[S2RDS]

Hasn't he gone yet....What the fuck is going on.

 

If we get binned out the next cup and finish bottom 6 then Milne might not even then twig DM has to go. 

[maryhilldon]

Its not as easy as that because so many teams play 5 men midfields.

 

No easy fix, but we haven't been good to watch for ages now so something must change.

Did you not say McInnes was getting sacked on Monday? What happened? Hard to believe you would just make stuff up to get attention?

[Tord31]

Great effort by those planning the protest at the game

on Saturday! I assumed no one would bother going to the game.

[Guest]

Funny then that 4-4-2 coincided with our best period last season then eh?

 

Clueless gimp

Doesn't mean that a 4-4-2 would immediately fix our problems this season. Especially when we've got plenty different players in the starting XI.

 

Mong

[Guest]

Did you not say McInnes was getting sacked on Monday? What happened? Hard to believe you would just make stuff up to get attention?

Huge reaction from Maryhill.

 

Love to see it.

 

Fallen for the bait, silly old man

[afc_blockhead]

Coming up for four years since @@tup #calledit

 

Jim "12% win ratio and relegation with Dundee" Mcintyre? Sounds great.

[maryhilldon]

Huge reaction from Maryhill.

 

Love to see it.

 

Fallen for the bait, silly old man

That old chestnut, pretend you were fishing.

[Zeus]

Great effort by those planning the protest at the game

on Saturday! I assumed no one would bother going to the game.

Was slapped down by loads of happy clappers no?

[NEM]

Doesn't mean that a 4-4-2 would immediately fix our problems this season. Especially when we've got plenty different players in the starting XI.

 

Mong

 

You claimed it's out dated and would never work.  It worked last season

 

You probably pip Shoofta to the title of biggest mong on this board ye clown.

 

Great "windup" Saturday btw - funny guy 

[Zeus]

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/aberdeen-fc/1855400/comment-talk-of-derek-mcinnes-time-at-aberdeen-being-up-is-woefully-premature/

 

[Fridge]

Yeah but he could fucking attack